Startup Weekend Atlanta

…may be hard to come by amongst a group of mostly strangers, but the beauty of Startup Weekend is that it happens.  Right before I left for the day last night, Lance said, “Come check this out.”  (He wouldn’t let me bring my computer, so I’m doing this from memory, but the impression is more [...]

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I haven’t been to all the Startup Weekends, but I’m sure Andrew will back me up.  It’s always a problem, but it’s intensified during the 56 hours or so we have to work it out.  Everyone wants the weekend’s product to have the nifty features that distinguish it from everyone else, and wants to perform [...]

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Groups aren’t always talking to each other. They’re making the same decisions simultaneously, independently, and (gasp!) they’re reaching completely different conclusions. Synchronicity is lacking (and we’re still on Coldplay, so I don’t know if the Police is on the playlist.)  An intervention is called.  Andrew and Lance are summoned.
A product developer type (i.e., [...]

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Three quick reads about Startup Weekend to prep you for next weekend.
One from Gwen Bell on how to make the weekends better along with a reply from Micah Baldwin.
Micah also has an article on why DC was such a great success.
Both these folks are signed up to be in Atlanta next weekend.

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Startup Weekend NYC created a web app called Favoreats.  Favoreats will be a way to share local food recommendations with your friends.  Simply put, it will help you find the best dish in town.  They actually, like the other cities thus far, actually did not launch.  But I really don’t think that matters.  [...]

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I suppose I posted about the success of Toronto Startup Weekend a little too soon.  Seems like a disagreement has broken out among the founders.
Andrew Hyde, the founder of the Startup Weekend concept, was the first to bring this up.  Seems like Andrew got a bit of a surprise about his role, the equity structure, [...]

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Toronto Startup Weekend just concluded.
The concept selected was LobbyThem.  LobbyThem allows anyone to pose the question that they want their elected officials to act on.  You do a search to see if your issue has already been posed or, if it hasn’t, have the opportunity to pose it and see if others agree. Once any [...]

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